Ironing-board



(No Model.)

ASHBUR IRONING BOARD,

No. 439,452. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. IVASHBURN, OF ATKINSON, MAINE.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,452, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed August 21, 1890. fierial No. 362.640. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID B. WAsHBURN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Atkinson, in the county of Piscataquis and State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ironing-boards.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective means for attaching one end of the ironing board or table to a wall or other support, the opposite end of the board being supported by legs attached thereto; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafterfully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of an ironing-board, showing the same supported in position, the board and fixtures being partly in section. Fig. 2 is a front View of the fixtures attached to the wall and inner end of the board. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the board and fixtures attached thereto, showing the extensible legs.

A refers to a casting, wnich is rigidly attached by means of screws to a to the wainscoting or wall of a room. This casting is provided at its upper portion with outwardlyextending lugs Z? Z), through which pass a bar-B, beneath which is located an angular projecting portion B, having a lower straight edge.

0 refers to an angle-plate, which is secured to one end of the ironing-board, the downwardly-extending portion of said angle-plate having a slot 0. These fixtures when brought together coact, and to place them in operative position the outer end of the ironing-board is slightly raised or elevated, and the depending portion of the angle-plate is placed behind the bar B, and when said board is brought to a horizontal position the lower end of the slot formed in said angle plate will engage with verging members f f, which are provided with longitudinal slots f, through which pass bolts for adjustably connecting thereto the legs F, said legs being connected by a transverse bar g. The plate D has secured to the under side thereof a spring G, which is bent, as shown in Fig. 1, the upper portion thereof lyingaga-inst the horizontal portion of the plate, while the lower end bears against the casting E and prevents the same swinging downwardly. This spring has a tendency to hold the legs F F toward the ironing-board, and without this spring it would be necessary to hold the legs while securing the inner end of the board in place. The lower ends of the legs abut against the wash-board and maintain the ironing-board in a horizontal position. By providing the casting E with slots the board can be adjusted to diiferent heights.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to provide ironing-boards at their ends with fixtures which are adapted to engage with permanent fixtures attached to the base-board or wall of a room, and also to provide such an ironing-board with an in clined support which engages with a baseboard, and I do not claim such construction, broadly; but

\VhatI do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination. with an ironing-board, a fixed casting A, having a cross-bar B, an inclined portion with a straight lower edge below said cross-bar, a slotted angle-plate 0,

adapted to be passed behind the cross-bar and engage with the lower edge of the angular projecting portion so as to retain the inner end of the board, and legs F, pivoted to the board at its outer end and adapted to engage with the floor and base-board at their lower ends, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with an ironing-board, a

plateD,having depending side wings, a cross- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in bar d, and spring-plate G, and a casting E, presence of two Witnesses. secured upon the plate I) and provided with diverging slotted members f, to which the sup- DAVID B. WASI-IBURN. 5 porting-legs F are attached, said spring bear- Witnesses:

ing upon the portion E, substantially as E. M. TEWKSBURY,

shown, and for the purpose set forth. 1 H. I. TEWKsBURY. 

